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Inspiration for Historic Painting ‘Christina’s World’

This week on The Historians Podcast, Christina Baker Kline discusses her historical novel A Piece of the World. The book deals with artist Andrew Wyeth and Christina Olson, a disabled woman from Maine pictured
in Wyeth’s provocative 1948 painting, “Christina’s World.” Kline was author of the best-selling historical novel, Orphan Train. Also on this episode, Bob Cudmore and Dave Greene tell the life story of Amsterdam, NY artist Mary Van Der Veer.

“The Historians” podcast is also heard on RISE, WMHT’s radio information service for the blind and print disabled in New York’s Capital Region and Hudson Valley. The podcast is recorded at Dave Greene’s Eastline Studio.

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About Bob Cudmore

Bob Cudmore is author of Lost Mohawk Valley, Hidden History of the Mohawk Valley, Stories from the Mohawk Valley and the satirical book, You Can’t Go Wrong. He writes “Focus on History” every Saturday in Schenectady's Daily Gazette newspaper and hosts the weekly podcast "The Historians" at BobCudmore.com